Listening to Radio 5 Live's coverage of the closing minutes of the Premier League's transfer window (7 minutes to go as I type this) Phil McNulty, BBC's Chief Sports Writer announces that Ross Barkley has backed out of a move to Stanford Bridge (despite having agreed a fee and personal terms) with these words : "clearly his view is (I don't want to go to) Chelsea - as Elvis Costello once sang".

Apologies to anyone who thinks this should be on the 'relatively insignificant' thread instead

Seems 'Chelsea' was being used a bit yesterday. On talksport Bob Mills said it should be called national Elvis Costello day as it seems everyone is saying I don't want to go to Chelsea.

On a different note i caught a cab this morning to the station and I cant stand up for falling down was on the radio. This cabbie normally has radio 4 on. I heard the shipping forecast for the first time in years on Wednesday

My Facebook friends will already know this but, Mrs Sheep and I were out celebrating our silver wedding anniversary last Wednesday at a restaurant in Valldemossa Majorca. They played 'You hung the moon'. Not a fitting song lyrically but the tune fitted the mood of the place.

On TV in the UK, BBC Four gave another airing this evening of a compilation of clips show called "Classic Quartets at the BBC".

The penultimate quartet performance was EC and the Brodsky Quartet performing "Pills and Soap" originally broadcast in July 1996 on "Later With Jools Holland" and subsequently released on "Live- A Case For Song".

If you're in the UK you can watch the most recent broadcast on the BBC I-player here:

Watching the premier of this new Amazon series last evening https://youtu.be/j3WEKki6znk and what comes over the closing credits-Girls Talk, the Dave Edmonds version----- it truly capped a stellar premier

"....there's a merry song that starts in 'I' and ends in 'You', as many famous pop songs do....'

yesterday whilst getting over a severe case of man-flu I switched the TV on and BBC1's Homes under the Hammer was playing Opportunity. A bit of the vocal and then an extended instrumental section. Also I saw the Christmas jumper ad with Pump it up was on when i switched to Vintage TV

I’ve twice dreamt that I was playing bass in The Attractions, once at a garden party in aid of a church and I’ve been so desperate not to make s mistake. I’ve akso dreamt I was playing bass for LED Zeppelin , a band I could never get into on Plymouth Hoe and Robert Plant moaning at me because I didn’t know any of their songs ! I had a pair of very tight leather trousers on in my dream - if any of you know me , you are probably feeling a little nauseous at that image